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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to restrictions on certain private security companies' use |
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of vehicles that mimic law enforcement vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1702.1301 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1702.1301. RESTRICTIONS ON APPEARANCE OF VEHICLES. |
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(a) This section applies only to a motor vehicle that displays the |
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name of a company and is used by: |
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(1) a guard company for the purpose of security patrol |
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services; or |
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(2) an alarm systems company while responding to an |
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alarm system or detection device. |
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(b) A motor vehicle described by Subsection (a): |
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(1) must display an inscription containing: |
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(A) the license holder's company name or the name |
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under which the company conducts business; |
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(B) the words "Private Patrol Services," |
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"Security," "Alarm Response," "Security Patrol," or "Protection," |
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in letters not less than two inches high; and |
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(C) the company's license number, in letters not |
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less than one inch high; and |
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(2) may not display a badge or shield emblem, the state |
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seal or another seal, or any variation on the state seal or another |
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seal that may give an impression that the person is connected with |
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the federal government, a state government, or a political |
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subdivision of this state. |
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(c) The inscription required by Subsection (b)(1)(B) must |
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be in a color sufficiently different from the body of the motor |
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vehicle that the lettering is plainly legible at a distance of not |
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less than 100 feet. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect October 1, 2011. |